Efficiency Retrofitting in Northeast Seattle
Monday, August 24th, 2009 Posted in Green Building, Green News | Comments Offby Roger Valdez Implementation of SB 5648 starts with focus on Seattle homes and small business. SustainableWorks is an energy efficiency program that uses energy retrofits as a neighborhood organizing tool. We wrote about this innovative program late ...
What Makes a Skyscraper Green?
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 Posted in Green Building, Green News | Comments OffThese days, it seems like skyscrapers are in a race to be the greenest, as well as the tallest. New York City's Hearst Tower is largely made from recycled steel and uses rainwater for 50 percent ...
Green Roofs: the Urban Jungle’s Upper Canopy
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 Posted in Green Building, Green News | Comments OffHigh atop some of the urban jungle's tallest, widest buildings, city residents are laying down soil and planting native vegetation. Modern green roofs, which are typically flat (unlike traditional Scandinavian sod roofs), help to lower ...
Straw Really Does Keep The Wolf From The Door
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 Posted in Green Building, Green News | Comments OffI'll huff and I'll puff, but we'll build that house up. Let's face it, until Kevin McCloud and Grand Designs came along, the reputation of straw houses was not good. Largely thanks to the tale of the ...
Straw Really Does Keep The Wolf From The Door
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 Posted in Green Building, Green News | Comments OffI'll huff and I'll puff, but we'll build that house up. Let's face it, until Kevin McCloud and Grand Designs came along, the reputation of straw houses was not good. Largely thanks to the tale of the ...
Does Green Building Have to Break the Bank?
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 Posted in Green Building, Green News | Comments Offby Roger Valdez Myth buster: Green building doesn't mean expensive and complex. The intuitive view of most people might be that building green is going to be vastly more expensive and complex than building to ...
Does Green Building Have to Break the Bank?
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 Posted in Green Building, Green News | Comments Offby Roger Valdez Myth buster: Green building doesn't mean expensive and complex. The intuitive view of most people might be that building green is going to be vastly more expensive and complex than building to ...
Empire State Building Gets Eco-makeover
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 Posted in Green Building, Green News | Comments Offby Rebecca Schischa Iconic skyscraper to slash energy use by 40% New York’s most iconic landmark, the Empire State Building, is set to become one of the city’s greenest buildings, thanks to a $20-million retrofit that will ...
Empire State Building Gets a Green Makeover to Cut CO2 Emissions
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 Posted in Green Building, Green News | Comments OffBy Ed Pilkington The Empire State Building, the symbol of New York's pre-eminence that held the title of the world's tallest skyscraper for 41 years, is seeking to pierce through the pall of economic gloom that has ...
Petz Scholtus’ Barcelona Eco-Pad
Thursday, March 5th, 2009 Posted in Green Building, Green News | Comments OffLast December, Erica and I had the pleasure of spending a few weeks in Barcelona, tacking a low-season vacation onto a lecture at the Centre De Cultura Contemporanea De Barcelona. It was one of the best ...
The Tree House: London’s Pioneering Zero-Carbon House
Friday, November 21st, 2008 Posted in Green Building, Green News | Comments OffWill Anderson was studying for an MA in energy and sustainable design when he began his ambitious self-build, zero-carbon home in Clapham, south London, in 2004. It was completed in 2006 and is a prime example ...
Green Building Standards Under Construction
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Posted in Green Building, Green News | Comments OffThe world's leading certification system for sustainable architecture is set to undergo its most sweeping changes in 2009. The proposed revisions encourage designs that would reduce a building's impact on global climate change. Leadership in ...
Kill Your Lawn!
Saturday, July 19th, 2008 Posted in Green Building, Green News | Comments OffOne of the house projects we've been working on at home is replacing as much of our lawn with garden beds as makes sense. We do want a little bit of (unwatered, organic) lawn, for sitting, ...
Can Green Designs Solve A Housing Crisis?
Monday, July 7th, 2008 Posted in Green Building, Green News | Comments OffThe walls of Elmer Bear Eagle's house are covered in mold. The black intrusion began in the basement. It crept up the sides. Now it blocks sunlight through the windows. The problem is fairly common throughout ...
A Whole Different Kind of Green Roof
Sunday, June 8th, 2008 Posted in Green Building, Green News | Comments OffI like these images, from the FreakAngels series. Help us change the world - DONATE NOW! (Posted by Alex Steffen in Green Building at 6:31 PM)
A Whole Different Kind of Green Roof
Sunday, June 8th, 2008 Posted in Green Building, Green News | Comments OffI like these images, from the FreakAngels series. Help us change the world - DONATE NOW! (Posted by Alex Steffen in Green Building at 6:31 PM)
Green? Dense? Walkable?
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 Posted in Green Building, Green News | Comments OffHere's a debate where none is needed: the argument about whether green building, compact communities, or transit-supportive design is a better approach to improving the world. The latest piece to kick up some dust is a report ...